Campfire Cooking Utensil and Accessory Holder Assembly

Abstract

A portable campfire utensil and/or accessory holder assembly including a base member, a stop member, a first arm having an upper member and a lower member, a second arm having an upper member and a lower member, a top member; and wherein the campfire utensil and/or accessory holder assembly is convertible between a non-deployed storage configuration and a deployed utensil and/or accessory retaining configuration.

What is claimed and desired to be secured by Letters Patent of the United States is: 
     
         1 . A portable campfire utensil and/or accessory holder assembly, comprising:
 a base member;   a stop member;   a first arm having an upper member and a lower member;   a second arm having an upper member and a lower member;   a top member;
 wherein the campfire utensil and/or accessory holder assembly is convertible between a non-deployed storage configuration and a deployed utensil and/or accessory retaining configuration; 
 wherein the stop member and the lower member of the first arm are hingedly connected; 
 wherein the stop member and the lower member of the second arm are hingedly connected; 
 wherein the lower member of the first arm and the upper member of the first arm are hingedly connected via a releasably lockable hinge; 
 wherein the lower member of the second arm and the upper member of the second arm are hingedly connected via a releasably lockable hinge; 
 wherein the top member and the upper member of the first arm are hingedly connected; 
 wherein the top member and the upper member of the second arm are hingedly connected; 
 wherein at least a portion of a top wall of the stop member is positioned below a top wall of the base member; 
 wherein a first portion of the top wall of the stop member is transverse to the top wall of the base member, and wherein a second portion of the top wall of the stop member is orthogonal to the top wall of the base member; 
 wherein the base member comprises a ground-engaging front wall having an inner surface and an outer surface, a ground-engaging back wall having an inner surface and an outer surface, and the top wall having an inner surface and an outer surface; 
 wherein the top wall of the base member comprises a plurality of slots adapted to receive a plurality of tabs of the stop member; 
 wherein the top wall of the base member comprises a plurality of apertures adapted to receive a portion of a utensil and/or accessory; 
 wherein the stop member comprises a front wall having an inner surface and an outer surface, a back wall having an inner surface and an outer surface, and the top wall having an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein the inner surfaces of the front and back walls of the base member contact the outer surfaces of the front and back walls of the stop member; 
 wherein at least a portion of the upper members of the first and second arms are positioned within at least a portion of the lower members of the first and second arms; and 
 wherein the top member comprises a plurality of substantially c-shaped apertures for retaining utensils and/or accessories therein. 
   
     
     
         2 . A portable campfire utensil and/or accessory holder assembly, comprising:
 a base member;   a stop member;   a first arm having an upper member and a lower member;   a second arm having an upper member and a lower member;   a top member; and
 wherein the campfire utensil and/or accessory holder assembly is convertible between a non-deployed storage configuration and a deployed utensil and/or accessory-retaining configuration. 
   
     
     
         3 . The campfire utensil and/or accessory holder assembly according to  claim 2 , wherein the stop member and the lower member of the first arm are hingedly connected. 
     
     
         4 . The campfire utensil and/or accessory holder assembly according to  claim 3 , wherein the stop member and the lower member of the second arm are hingedly connected. 
     
     
         5 . The campfire utensil and/or accessory holder assembly according to  claim 2 , wherein the lower member of the first arm and the upper member of the first arm are hingedly connected. 
     
     
         6 . The campfire utensil and/or accessory holder assembly according to  claim 5 , wherein the lower member of the first arm and the upper member of the first arm are hingedly connected via a releasably lockable hinge. 
     
     
         7 . The campfire utensil and/or accessory holder assembly according to  claim 5 , wherein the lower member of the second arm and the upper member of the second arm are hingedly connected. 
     
     
         8 . The campfire utensil and/or accessory holder assembly according to  claim 7 , wherein the lower member of the second arm and the upper member of the second arm are hingedly connected via a releasably lockable hinge. 
     
     
         9 . The campfire utensil and/or accessory holder assembly according to  claim 2 , wherein the top member and the upper member of the first arm are hingedly connected. 
     
     
         10 . The campfire utensil and/or accessory holder assembly according to  claim 9 , wherein the top member and the upper member of the second arm are hingedly connected. 
     
     
         11 . The campfire utensil and/or accessory holder assembly according to  claim 2 , wherein the stop member and the lower members of the first and second arms are hingedly connected, wherein the lower members of the first and second arms and the upper members of the first and second arms are hingedly connected via a releasably lockable hinge, and wherein the top member and the upper members of the first and second arms are hingedly connected. 
     
     
         12 . The campfire utensil and/or accessory holder assembly according to  claim 2 , wherein at least a portion of a top wall of the stop member is positioned below a top wall of the base member. 
     
     
         13 . The campfire utensil and/or accessory holder assembly according to  claim 12 , wherein a first portion of the top wall of the stop member is transverse to the top wall of the base member, and wherein a second portion of the top wall of the stop member is orthogonal to the top wall of the base member. 
     
     
         14 . The campfire utensil and/or accessory holder assembly according to  claim 2 , wherein the base member comprises a ground-engaging front wall having an inner surface and an outer surface, a ground-engaging back wall having an inner surface and an outer surface, and a top wall having an inner surface and an outer surface. 
     
     
         15 . The campfire utensil and/or accessory holder assembly according to  claim 14 , wherein the top wall of the base member comprises a plurality of slots adapted to receive a plurality of tabs of the stop member. 
     
     
         16 . The campfire utensil and/or accessory holder assembly according to  claim 14 , wherein the top wall of the base member comprises a plurality of apertures adapted to receive a portion of a utensil and/or accessory. 
     
     
         17 . The campfire utensil and/or accessory holder assembly according to  claim 14 , wherein the stop member comprises a front wall having an inner surface and an outer surface, a back wall having an inner surface and an outer surface, and a top wall having an inner surface and an outer surface, and wherein the inner surfaces of the front and back walls of the base member contact the outer surfaces of the front and back walls of the stop member. 
     
     
         18 . The campfire utensil and/or accessory holder assembly according to  claim 2 , wherein at least a portion of the upper members of the first and second arms are positioned within at least a portion of the lower members of the first and second arms. 
     
     
         19 . The campfire utensil and/or accessory holder assembly according to  claim 2 , wherein the top member comprises a plurality of substantially c-shaped apertures for retaining utensils and/or accessories therein. 
     
     
         20 . A portable campfire utensil and/or accessory holder assembly, comprising:
 a base member; a first arm; a top member; and wherein the campfire utensil and/or accessory holder assembly is convertible between a non-deployed storage configuration and a deployed utensil and/or accessory-retaining configuration.